Leroy and the Old Man

"LeRoy And The Old Man" is a children's novel by W.E. Butterworth, published in 1980.

Plot introduction

Fleeing from a neighbor's assailants, who believe he has identified them to the police, LeRoy leaves his Chicago housing project to live with his grandfather, a shrimp fisherman, in Mississippi. This was Butterworth's last children's book. He also wrote under several pseudonyms, most notably as W.E.B. Griffin.

References

*cite book | title=LeRoy And The Old Man | last=Butterworth | first=W.E. | authorlink=W.E. Butterworth | publisher=Four Winds | location= | date=January 1980 | id=ISBN 0-590-07638-8